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Dr. Sebastian Hageneuer
Office Hours: to appointment
Office: 214
Tel.: +49-(0)221-470 5396
Email: s.hageneueruni-koeln.de
ORCID: 0000-0001-8973-1544
Research Interests
- Digital object documentation, processing, storage and publication
- Development history and methodology of architectural reconstruction
- 3D modelling and visualisation of scientific research
- Reception of the perception of ancient west asia in the image media of the 19th and 20th century
- Digital teaching and lerning
Detailed information
Own projects
- since 2008: Foundation of the company Artefacts
Focus on the visualisation of scientific data, especially the reconstruction of ancient architecture. - 2008-2013: Uruk Visualisation of the Oriental Department of the German Archaeological Insitute
Reconstruction and visualisation of selected architecture of the site of Uruk/Iraq. - 2011-2019: Mari Visualisation of the excavation project at the University of Paris
Reconstruction and visualisation of selected architecture of the site of Mari/Syria. Re-Visualisation of the excavation results with the help of 3D modelling to review the excavation documentation and to create visualisations for teaching. - 2013-2017: TOPOI Research Project B-2-3 "Big buildings – big architecture? The cultural significance of size in the architecture of the ancient Near East" at the Freie Universität Berlin and the German Archaeological Instiute
Reconstruction and visualisation of selected architecture of the site of Uruk/Iraq and Habuba Kabira/Iraq. Calculation of the utilised building materials on the basis of the 3D models. - since 2015: Qantir-Piramesse excavation project
Digitalisation of the excavation results and reconstruction of selected architecture for presentation and research.
Curriculum Vitae
- 1981: born in Berlin, Germany
- 2000: university-entrance diploma at the Marie-Curie-Gymnasium in Berlin, Germany
- 2000-2002: studies in mechanical engineering Maschinenbau at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2002-2010: studies in Near Eastern Archaeology, Assyriology and Prehistory at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2004-2009: student assistant at the Tall Fakheriyah Project (Syria) at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2008-2010: student assistant at the excellence cluster TOPOI at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
- 2008-2010: student assistant at the Sohr Damb Project (Pakistan) of the German Archaeological Insitute
- 2008-2016: freelance work at Artefacts
- 2010: Magister Artium in Near Eastern Archaeology. Thesis: „Structural and functional research of palatial architecture of the Mitanni“ (in German)
- 2010-2011: research assistant at the Sohr Damb Project (Pakistan) and Herat Project (Afghanistan) of the German Archaeological Institute
- since 2013: part of the research group „XXL – Big buildings, big architecture?“ of the excellence cluster TOPOI at the Freie Universität Berlin
- 2016-2023: Research Associate in the department of Archaeoinformatics at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Cologne
- 2017: Fellow for innovations in digital academic teaching of the Ministry of Culture and Science and the Stifterverband.
- 2018: Election as the representative of the "Mittelbau" in Archaeology of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Cologne
- 2020-2021: Research Associate at the German Archaeological Institute, Department of Oriental Studies Berlin in Cooperation with the Vorderasiatischen Museum in Berlin, Projekt GlAssur
- 2022: Conferral of a doctorate at the Freie Universität Berlin. Topic (translated): „From Layard to Lara Croft. Eurocentric mindset in the visual media of West Asian Archaeology“
- since 2022: Co-coordinator of the project "Digitale Kompetenzen in der Archäologe" (DiKopA) of the Section Digital Literacy and Education at the working group Objekte.Digitalität.Hochschulen
- since 2022: Member of the Editorial Boards of the CAA International
- since 2023: Member of the Advisory Board of the German Chapter of the CAA
- since 2023: Research Associate at the DFG project "Meet and Greet: Platzanlagen in Kleinsiedlungen (vici) der Nordwestprovinzen des Römischen Reiches"
Memberships
- Deutsche Orientgesellschaft e.V.
- DHd - digital humanities in Germany
Part of the group "Digitale Rekonstruktionen" - ex oriente e.V.
- CAA International
- CAA German Chapter
Publications
Monographs:
- Hageneuer, S. 2022: Von Layard bis Lara Croft. Eurozentrische Denkweisen in den Bildmedien der Archäologie Westasiens. Dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin. DOI: 10.17169/refubium-36558.
Edited volumes:
- Buccellati, F./Hageneuer, S./van der Heyden, S./Levenson, F. (Eds.) 2019: Size matters – Understanding Monumentality across Ancient Civilizations, Transcript: Bielefeld. DOI: 10.5334/bch.
- Hageneuer, S. (Ed.) 2020: Communicating the Past in the Digital Age: Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Methods in Teaching and Learning in Archaeology (12th-13th October 2018), Ubiquity: London. DOI: 10.5334/bch.
Articles:
- Richter, J. et al. 2024: A Possible Depiction of a Woolly Rhino from the Late Magdalenian Hunting Camp of Bad Kösen-Lengefeld in Central Germany, in: Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology 7, 24. DOI: 10.1007/s41982-024-00188-w.
- Hageneuer, S. 2024: Indiana Jones in videogames – A history of depicting archaeology as colonial practice, in: Richardson, L./Reinhard, A./Smith, N. (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and the Media in the 21st century, Routledge: London, 162-175.
- Hageneuer, S. 2008: Art. 'Nusku', in: J. Eggler/C. Uehlinger (Eds.), Iconography of Deities and Demons in the biblical world (IDD), Zürich. Pre-print: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7103713.
- Hageneuer, S. 2012: Königliche Gärten als konstitutive Elemente altorientalischer Städte, in: Rödel-Braune, C./Waschke, C. (Eds.), Orte des Geschehens. Interaktionsräume als konstitutive Elemente der antiken Stadt. Geschichte Bd. 110, Berlin, 155-172.
- Bator, S./van Ess, M./Hageneuer, S. 2013: Visualisierung der Architektur von Uruk, in: Crüsemann, N. et al. (Eds.), Uruk - 5000 Jahre Megacity (Exhibition Catalogue), Petersberg, 365-371.
- Hageneuer, S. 2014: The visualisation of Uruk - First impressions of the first metropolis in the world, in: Börner, W./Uhrlitz, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies, Wien.
- --- 2015: Bilder vergangener Kulturen - Architektur-Rekonstruktionen in der Vorderasiatischen Archäologie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Alter Orient Aktuell 13/2015, 4-9.
- --- 2016: Le Temple blanc d'Uruk sur sa haute terrasse, in: Quenet, P. (Ed.), Ana ziqquratim. Sur la piste de Babel (Exhibition Catalogue), Strasbourg, 112-113.
- --- 2016: The influence of early architectural reconstruction drawings in Near Eastern Archaeology, in: Stucky, R.A./Kaelin, O./Mathys, H.-P. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE), Wiesbaden, 359-370.
- --- 2016: Die virtuelle Rekonstruktion von Pi-Ramesse, in: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe (Ed.), Ramses - Göttlicher Herrscher am Nil (Exhibition Catalogue), 268-272.
- Brunke, H. et al. 2016: Thinking big. Research in Monumental Constructions in Antiquity, in: G. Graßhoff, M. Meyer (Eds.): Space and Knowledge. Topoi Research Group Articles. Berlin: Excellence Cluster Topoi (eTopoi. Journal for Ancient Studies, Special Volume 6), 2016, 250-305. DOI: 10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000025992.
- Franzmeier, H./Hageneuer, S. 2017: From the Nile Delta to Karlsruhe: or how to present mud bricks in an exhibition, in: CIPEG Journal 1, 15-26. DOI: 10.11588/cipeg.2017.1.40326.
- Hageneuer, S./Levenson, F. 2018: Das Steinstiftgebäude in Uruk - ein gescheitertes Experiment?, in: Rheidt, K./Lorenz, W. (Eds.), Groß Bauen - Großbaustellen als kulturgeschichtliches Phänomen, Kulturelle und technische Werte historischer Bauten 1, Basel, 109-121. DOI: 10.1515/9783035609752-010.
- Franzmeier, H./Hageneuer, S. 2019: "Pi-Ramesse. Die ägyptische Hauptstadt des späten Neuen Reiches", in: ANTIKE WELT Jubilee Issue "Auferstehung der Antike. Archäologische Stätten digital rekonstruiert", Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 30-31.
- Hageneuer, S. 2019: "Uruk. Megacity vor 5000 Jahren", in: ANTIKE WELT Jubilee Issue "Auferstehung der Antike. Archäologische Stätten digital rekonstruiert", Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 10-11.
- Hageneuer, S./Schmidt, S. 2019: Monumentality by numbers, in: F. Buccellati/S.Hageneuer/S. van der Heyden/F. Levenson (Eds.), Size matters – Understanding Monumentality across Ancient Civilizations, Transcript: Bielefeld, 292-308. DOI: 10.14361/9783839445389.
- Hulek, F./Hageneuer, S. 2019: Auf den Spuren etruskischer Mythen: Eine Amphora im Archäologischen Institut, in: Marx, P.W./Neuhausen, H. (Eds.), Schätze der Universität zu Köln, Greven: Köln, 114-117.
- Hageneuer, S. 2019: »Without Drawing the Study of Antiquities is Lame!« – Architektur-Rekonstruktion als wissenschaftliches Tool?, in: P. Kuroczyński/M. Pfarr-Harfst/S. Münster (Eds.), Der Modelle Tugend 2.0 - Digitale 3D-Rekonstruktion als virtueller Raum der architekturhistorischen Forschung, Heidelberg: arthistoricum.net, 203-212. DOI: 10.11588/arthistoricum.515.
- Bator, S./van Ess, M./Hageneuer, S. 2019: The Visualization of Uruk's Architecture, in: Crüsemann, N. et al. (Eds.), Uruk - First City of the Ancient World (Ausstellungskatalog), Los Angeles, 345-351.
- Deschler-Erb, E/Geiermann, S./Hageneuer, S./Wilk, D.C. 2021: Das Römergrab Weiden auf dem Weg in die virtuelle Welt, in: KUBA 9/10, 203-210.
- Hageneuer, S. 2021: Digitale Lehre in der Archäoinformatik, in: KUBA 9/10, 177-187.
- Hageneuer, S. 2021: Archaeogaming: How Heaven’s Vault changes the “game”, in: Herausgeber*innenkollektiv (Eds.), Pearls, Politics and Pistachios. Essays in Anthropology and Memories on the Occasion of Susan Pollock’s 65th Birthday, Berlin, 631-642. DOI: 10.11588/propylaeum.837.c10771.
- di Maida, G./Hageneuer, S. 2022: The DISAPALE project: a new digital repository of lithic and bone artefacts, in: Lithic Technology. DOI: 10.1080/01977261.2022.2048511.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: What is a Digital Archaeologist?, in: Editorial Collective (Eds.), "What does this have to do with Archaeology?" Essays on the Occasion of the 65th Birthday of Reinhard Bernbeck, Sidestone: Leiden, 77-82.
Open Access! DOI: 10.59641/c2g2395e. - X-Mem Project Team 2023: Virtual Reality in Historical Culture beyond the ‘Time Machine’. A Manifesto, in: Public History Weekly. DeGruyter. DOI: 10.1515/phw-2023-22067.
Recommendations/Reviews
- Hageneuer, S. 2024: A framework for the analysis of populist nationalist rhetorics in historical games. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100408.DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100408.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: A valuable contribution to automated analysis of palaeolithic artefacts. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100413. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100413.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: Learning with Archaeogaming? A study based on student feedback. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100391. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100391.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: A comparative teaching and learning tool for 3D data: Dynamic Collections. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100401. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100401.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: Gamification of an archaeological park: The Living Hill Project as work-in-progress. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100399. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100399.
- Hageneuer, S. 2023: AR and VR Gamification as a proof-of-concept. Peer Community in Archaeology, 100337. DOI: 10.24072/pci.archaeo.100337.
in preparation/in print:
- Hageneuer, S. 2024: Visuelle Rekonstruktion antiker Architektur, in: Hoffmann, E./Klamm, S. (Eds.), Archäologie und Rekonstruktion, Transformationen der Antike, Vol. 55.
- Hageneuer, S.: Reconstructing ancient West Asia. Appropriation, Politics and early Reconstruction Drawings, in: ISAW Papers, probably 2023.
- Grabowski, S./Hageneuer, S.: The Reconstruction of the Eninnu in Girsu, chapter in a volume.
- Kinzel, M./Barański, M.Z./Hageneuer, S.: Visualization of Construction. Chapter in BYZAS 29.
- Abar, A./Hageneuer, S./Morstadt, B./Politopoulos, A. 2024: West Asia in the Center. Proceedings of a workshop held at the ICAANE 2023 in Copenhagen on the 23rd of May 2023.
- Sichert, B. et al.: Das ethnoarchäologische Marktplatzprojekt im Atlasgebirge (Marokko). SLSA Jahresbericht 2023.
- Sichert, B. et al.: Material traces of marketplaces and how to read them - Ethnoarchaeological data from a rural weekly market (souk) in the High Atlas Mountains (Morocco), in: Ethnoarchaeology.
- Schmidt, S.C./Hageneuer, S.: Digital and Computational Archaeology, chapter in a special issue.